Surfacing Stone

Rising from the earth

This silver surfaced stone

Survives in stoic solitude

Craggy creature from below

Future mountain top

Or bulge in a rivers run

You will survive and thrive

After I am long gone

So when I see you there

Unmoving and semi-majestic

Character on your face

I smile at your patience

I am forever changed I will not forget

Life is meant to be lived aloud

Stone lasts but can never laugh or cry

I've lived fast and will not survive

© Paul Viel 2002